| ACARICIDES | • acaricides n. Plural of acaricide. • ACARICIDE n. a substance that kills mites and ticks. |
| CADUCITIES | • caducities n. Plural of caducity. • CADUCITY n. the quality of being transitory or perishable. |
| CARCINOIDS | • carcinoids n. Plural of carcinoid. • CARCINOID n. a benign or malignant tumour arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. |
| CICATRISED | • cicatrised v. Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrise. • CICATRISE v. to form a scar, also CICATRIZE. |
| CLADISTICS | • cladistics n. (Systematics) An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies… • CLADISTICS n. taxonomic theory distinguishing by common ancestor. |
| COCAINISED | • cocainised v. Simple past tense and past participle of cocainise. • COCAINISE v. to anaesthetise with cocaine, also COCAINIZE. |
| COCCIDIANS | • coccidians n. Plural of coccidian. • COCCIDIAN n. any of a group of parasitic protozoa. |
| DELICACIES | • delicacies n. Plural of delicacy. • DELICACY n. a choice food. |
| DIACAUSTIC | • diacaustic adj. Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light. • diacaustic n. A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise. • diacaustic n. The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays. |
| DIACOUSTIC | • diacoustic adj. Relating to diacoustics. • DIACOUSTIC adj. pertaining to the refraction of sound. |
| DIACRITICS | • diacritics n. Plural of diacritic. • DIACRITIC n. a mark or sign serving to distinguish different values or sounds of the same letter e.g. an acute accent. |
| DIALECTICS | • dialectics n. (Philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions… • dialectics n. Plural of dialectic. • DIALECTIC n. the art of arriving at the truth by disclosing the contradictions in the opponent's argument and overcoming them. |
| DICACITIES | • dicacities n. Plural of dicacity. • DICACITY n. (archaic) raillery, banter. |
| DIDASCALIC | • didascalic adj. Of or relating to education or teaching; didactic. • DIDASCALIC adj. didactic; pertaining to education or teaching. |
| DOCIMASTIC | • docimastic adj. (Dated) of, or relating to an experiment, test or assay. • DOCIMASTIC adj. proving by docimasy, experiments or tests. |
| PICCADILLS | • piccadills n. Plural of piccadill. • PICCADILL n. (obsolete) a cut or vandyked edging, esp. to a woman's collar, also PICCADILLO, PICKADIL, PICKADILL, PICKADILLO. |
| RADICCHIOS | • radicchios n. Plural of radicchio. • RADICCHIO n. (Italian) a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. |
| SACRIFICED | • sacrificed v. Simple past tense and past participle of sacrifice. • SACRIFICE v. to offer up in sacrifice, also SACRIFY. |